At the pinnacle of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's initial term, he had sworn in excess of 126 pastors and appointee priests. Some of them surrendered and were supplanted.
They made the consecrated Vow of Ministers, to "maintain, safeguard, secure and shield the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana."
In any case, after five years, The Fourth Estate has found that something like 19 of them reneged on one of their first and fundamental commitments to the constitution — the statement of their resources and liabilities.
President Akufo-Addo has agreed completely with the resource statement regulation since coming into office as president in January 2017. He has proclaimed his resources multiple times since accepting office. Records accessible to The Fourth Estate show that the President announced his resources on January 24, 2017, February 17, 2021, and May 7, 2021.
His pastors and appointee priests who served in his initial term and are serving in his subsequent term should have announced their resources and liabilities multiple times now.
On July 18, 2017, President Akufo-Addo said that every one of his nominees had proclaimed their resources. Data accessible to The Fourth Estate, in any case, uncovers that no less than 19 of the priests and delegate clergymen have not proclaimed, not even once starting around 2017.
What does the Asset Declaration regulation say?
By regulation, pastors are to pronounce their resources in something like a half year in office and most recent a half year after the finish of an administration's initial term. Article 268 (1) of the 1992 Constitution expresses that "an individual who serves in a position of authority referenced in provision (5) of this Article will submit to the Auditor-General a composed statement of all property or resources possessed by or liabilities owed by, him whether straightforwardly or by implication (a) in the span of 90 days after the approaching into power of this Constitution or prior to getting to work, by and large, (b) toward the finish of like clockwork; and (b) toward the finish of his term of office."
The Constitution requires the announcement to be finished before the public official gets to work. Be that as it may, Section 1(4)(c) of the Public Office Holders (Declaration of Assets and Disqualification) Act guides public office holders to meet this prerequisite not later than a half year subsequent to getting to work, toward the finish of at regular intervals and not later than a half year toward the finish of their term.
The law expects that the President, Vice-President, the Speaker, Deputy Speakers of Parliament, priests and delegate pastors of state, representatives, the Chief Justice and supervisors of public foundations in which the state has interest submit to the Auditor-General composed announcements of all property or resources claimed by, or liabilities owed by them, whether straightforwardly or in a roundabout way.
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